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Ineligibility

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Dlsqualification or legal incapacity to be elected to an office. Thus, an alien or naturalized citizen is ineligible to be elected president of the United States.

Carroll v. Green, 148 Ind. 362, 47 N. E. 223; State v. Murray, 28 Wis. 99, 9 Am. Rep. 489.